Speeches

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins UniversityConvocationRalph O’Connor Recreation CenterAs prepared Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. Thanks, Noh for your welcome and to Archipelago Project, the Sirens and the AllNighters for their great performances. And thanks to Allison and the entire orientation team for doing such a phenomenal job! And to Trustee Bahija Jalal for giving so generously...

Disrupting Polarization: The Work of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Instituteat Johns Hopkins UniversityStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece On the evening of April 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for the United States Presidency, was flying to the city of Indianapolis to deliver a speech. It was to be a regular campaign stop. But when the plane landed, an aide rushed up...

Remarks for Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins University Commencement[As prepared] To our honorary degree recipients, alumni, and trustees, to our faculty and staff, to our parents, family members and friends; and most especially to our graduates, welcome to the Johns Hopkins University commencement for the great Class of 2018! I’ll confess, I look forward to graduation every year as a moment to celebrate the many...

Race and Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD Good afternoon. I’m Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University. It is a privilege and a pleasure to welcome you – those here in Baltimore, and those watching in Berkeley – to our conference on Race and Inequality in America: the Kerner Commission at 50. I have to begin with thanks to Richard Rothstein, john...

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins UniversityFreshman ConvocationRalph O’Connor Recreation CenterAs prepared. Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. Thanks, Noh for your welcome and to Archipelago Project, the Sirens and the AllNighters for their great performances. Please join me in thanking Calix and the entire orientation team for doing such a phenomenal job! I am thrilled to join our university...

Remarks by Ronald J. DanielsCommencementJohns Hopkins University[As prepared] Good afternoon. To our honorary degree recipients, alumni, and trustees… to our faculty and staff, including one of our newest faculty members, Senator Barbara Mikulski. It’s great to see you, Senator… to our parents, family members and friends … and most especially to our graduates … welcome to the Johns Hopkins University...

Remarks by President Ronald J. DanielsJohns Hopkins UniversityFreshman ConvocationRalph O’Connor Recreation CenterAs prepared. [Presentation of the Class of 2020 by Vice Provost David Phillips.] Thank you, Vice Provost Phillips. And thank you to our entire orientation team for their work in getting you here and to the Sirens, the All-Nighters, and the Archipelago project for the soundtrack to tonight’s...

Remarks for Ronald J. DanielsCommencement 2016Royal Farms Arena[As prepared] To our honorary degree recipients, alumni, and trustees… to our faculty and staff, to our parents, family members and friends … and most especially to our graduates … welcome to the Johns Hopkins University Commencement for the great Class of 2016! Now I know some of you may not have aspired to be the first to graduate in the Royal Farms...

Remarks for Ronald J. DanielsBloomberg~Kimmel Cancer Immunotherapy Institute AnnouncementTuesday, March 29, 2016 (As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Paul and Bill. This is a momentous day for Johns Hopkins, and for all of us who are dedicated to this cause of defeating cancer. Mr. Vice President, know how grateful we are for the remarkable spirit with which you’ve responded to your own loss, and galvanized the...

Remarks for President Ronald J. DanielsRising to the Challenge Celebration EventMetropolitan Museum of Art, Temple of DendurAs prepared What a privilege to be able to celebrate Johns Hopkins and the success of our Rising to the Challenge campaign in this monumental setting. The Temple of Dendur. Architectural marvel. Place of celebration and veneration. Testament to engineering prowess and persistence. Enduring...